Data Privacy
Data privacy, also known as information privacy, focuses on the proper handling of data usage, consent, notice, and regulatory obligations. It also includes discussion on the right to control how data is collected, shared, retained, or deleted. Our data privacy blog posts and news articles are written for compliance officers, auditors, and legal professionals. They include expert insights, opinions, training opportunities, events, whitepapers, podcasts, and webinars.
With the CCPA going into effect on January 1, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck partner Katherine Catlos and EC Wise CEO Jack Hakim outline key facts about the California legislation and discuss how companies can mitigate the risk of noncompliance. with...
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California has just adopted some significant amendments to the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). McDermott Will and Emery’s Michael Morgan and Wendy Zhang analyze the six amendments that just passed (and one that didn’t). Pushback from business interests – many...
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Security professionals wake every day to more and increasingly savvy data perpetrators who’ve found new and uncharted means to acquiring data. Shared Assessments’ Tom Garrubba explains why anticipatory compliance is a key way to address this issue. As sure as...
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Many suspected – and rightly so – that the California Consumer Protection Act was too messy to go forward as originally proposed, but now the changes are locked in. Russ Berland discusses the most recent amendments. On January 1, 2020,...
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The GDPR united 28 disparate data privacy laws across EU member states. It’s only logical that the same will happen in the U.S. ACA Aponix’s Alex Scheinman discusses what American companies might expect going forward. When it comes to data...
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Legislators signed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) into law in 2018 with the goal of protecting the sensitive data of state residents. Saalex Corps’ David Stills explores how this 800-pound regulatory gorilla may dominate the U.S. data security and...
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Varonis’ Rob Sobers gives an update on the state of GDPR compliance, along with lessons for the compliance practitioner one year in. It’s important for both individuals and businesses to have a clear understanding of the goals of the GDPR...
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Despite the GDPR being in effect for more than a year, to date, there has been no certification standard for it. Coalfire’s David Forman explores how the newly published ISO 27701 is aligned with GDPR and the possibility and ramifications...
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Michael Volkov explores what may be an unpopular opinion among some in the compliance community: In terms of risk management priorities, data security may be getting far too much attention. This is likely to be a politically incorrect posting. I hope...
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What is CCPA Compliance? The California Consumer Protection Act bears a resemblance to the GDPR, but there are significant differences. Perkins Coie’s Dominique Shelton Leipzig, Susan Fahringer and Anna Mourlam discuss how to use GDPR as a jumping-off point for...
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In light of news of substantial fines from the U.K.’s ICO, Willkie Farr & Gallagher attorneys discuss the importance of safeguarding and understanding the personal data in a company’s possession – whether its own or acquired through corporate transactions. In...
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The California Consumer Privacy Act will go into effect in just over three months, and the time to prepare is now. Mitratech’s Steven O’Donnell discusses how the CCPA compares with and differs from the GDPR and outlines how to get...
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